PaulG 2014

PaulS · Dec 2, 2014

I came home to a really nice gift today, thank you very much Paul! I've tried a little bit on the end of my finger and it warmed me up from having walked the dog!
Can I ask what chillies were in each? How many chillies are in my bags? I've never made powders, I have a dehydrator. It seems like a good storage method.
Thank you again.
Happy holidays

Devv · Dec 2, 2014

I too got some fire in the mail:

Just beautiful powder Paul!

Thanks again!

Trippa · Dec 3, 2014

Great stuff Paul! Already started in earnest ... I like your style

PaulG · Dec 3, 2014

PaulS said:
I came home to a really nice gift today, thank you very much Paul! I've tried a little bit on the end of my finger and it warmed me up from having walked the dog!
Can I ask what chillies were in each? How many chillies are in my bags? I've never made powders, I have a dehydrator. It seems like a good storage method.
Thank you again.
Happy holidays

Hey, Paul, I sent out a lot of envelopes, and I don't remember what was in all of them. What do the labels say?

As for the number of chilies, that is really hard to say. I'm not sure I could even guess, As for weight, the figures
I've read range from 6-10 times dry weight for fresh pod weight. So a half ounce of powder might be 3-5 ounces
of fresh pods.

If you have left over pods, drying is a good way to keep them. I put mine on canning jars of various sizes with a
couple of silica gel packets in them and that seems to keep them pretty dry. I also put a little silica gel packet in
my shakers to mitigate clumping and absorbing moisture from the air.

Devv said:
I too got some fire in the mail:
Just beautiful powder Paul!

Thanks again!

Beautiful photo, Scott. the colors really shine in the sun!

I hope you enjoy them, buddy!

Trippa said:
Great stuff Paul! Already started in earnest ... I like your style Or what passes for 'style'

Thanks, Tristen!

Have the 'mite' problems been figured out, yet? I'm
hoping that's not what the problem was, and that the nutrient issues
were the cause and easy to fix.

PeriPeri · Dec 3, 2014

Amazing colour on them powders Paul. When I lick my computer screen I can almost taste the amazing flavours

stickman · Dec 3, 2014

Wow... seedlings already! You're hot off the mark for 2015 mr. G... good luck!

PaulG · Dec 3, 2014

PeriPeri said:
Amazing colour on them powders Paul. When I lick my computer screen I can almost taste the amazing flavors

Scot's photo is awesome ; really caught the colors in the sun!

stickman said:
Wow... seedlings already! You're hot off the mark for 2015 mr. G... good luck!

Hey, Rick! Funny how the Aji Amarillo and Manzano have
to be the first sprouted and the last to harvest!

Not sure if I'm hot off the mark, but it's always good to have
seedlings to check out 15 or 20 times a day :rofl:

stickman · Dec 4, 2014

PaulG said:
Hey, Rick! Funny how the Aji Amarillo and Manzano have
to be the first sprouted and the last to harvest!

Not sure if I'm hot off the mark, but it's always good to have
seedlings to check out 15 or 20 times a day

Heh, heh... I can relate to obsession Paul...

I can't speak to the Aji Amarillo since I haven't grown it yet, but the Manzano is one of the slowest growing chiles I've ever tried, and it takes quite a while to get to the size necessary to support pod production. I doubled the number of pods I got this year by over-wintering one from the year before. That plant is back in a pot inside for the winter, and I'm gonna cut it back as little as possible to see if it'll make a difference next year. I spotted a few aphids on it last week, so I took it down to my unlighted cellar and sprayed it good with pyrethrin, then left it down there for a few days before bringing it back upstairs. It dropped most of its leaves then, but the ones that stayed are smaller and healthy-looking. I hope they'll provide enough sustenance for the plant until I put it outside again in the spring.

Cheers!

PaulS · Dec 4, 2014

PaulG said:
Hey, Paul, I sent out a lot of envelopes, and I don't remember what was in all of them. What do the labels say?

As for the number of chilies, that is really hard to say. I'm not sure I could even guess, As for weight, the figures
I've read range from 6-10 times dry weight for fresh pod weight. So a half ounce of powder might be 3-5 ounces
of fresh pods.

If you have left over pods, drying is a good way to keep them. I put mine on canning jars of various sizes with a
couple of silica gel packets in them and that seems to keep them pretty dry. I also put a little silica gel packet in
my shakers to mitigate clumping and absorbing moisture from the air.

I had peach, chocolate and 7 pot yellow, I havent tried the yellow yet but the other two were really tasty

PaulG · Dec 4, 2014

stickman said:
Heh, heh... I can relate to obsession Paul...

I can't speak to the Aji Amarillo since I haven't grown it yet, but the Manzano is one of the slowest growing chiles I've ever tried, and it takes quite a while to get to the size necessary to support pod production. I doubled the number of pods I got this year by over-wintering one from the year before. That plant is back in a pot inside for the winter, and I'm gonna cut it back as little as possible to see if it'll make a difference next year. I spotted a few aphids on it last week, so I took it down to my unlighted cellar and sprayed it good with pyrethrin, then left it down there for a few days before bringing it back upstairs. It dropped most of its leaves then, but the ones that stayed are smaller and healthy-looking. I hope they'll provide enough sustenance for the plant until I put it outside again in the spring.

Cheers!

I had my best manzano success with an OW plant 2013 season.
Set lots of pods and looking very healthy until i killed it.
Your plant should be gangbusters going into it's third year!

PaulS said:
I had peach, chocolate and 7 pot yellow, I havent tried the yellow yet but the other two were really tasty

The Peach Blend has Bahamian Goat (Trippa), Peach 'Arkansas' Reaper (Sawyer), and PI441598 cross (from GaGrowhead).

The Chocolate Blend has some Choco Bhut Jolokia & 7 Pot Barrakapore (both GaGrowhead), Douglah (Alphanerdz from Stickman), and some Choco Habanero (Refining Fire).

The 7 Pot Yellow Blend has 7 Pot Yellow (Trippa), 7 Pot Jonah GaGRowhead), and Bonda Ma Jacques x Yellow 7 Pot (Windchicken).

Glad you liked what you have tried so far, Paul.

WalkGood · Dec 4, 2014

A big shout out to all the great peeps and friends I have here \o/

Dam I was graciously gifted mon!

A pleasant even texture with beautiful colors and heat to rock your world, hats off to Paul \o_ for de early Christmas sent my way, wicked job mon and thank you =)

PaulG · Dec 5, 2014

Nice pic, Ramon! Great to see you here!
Thanks for the kind words, and thanks for
the seeds that produced these powders!

PaulS · Dec 5, 2014

PaulG said:
I had my best manzano success with an OW plant 2013 season.
Set lots of pods and looking very healthy until i killed it.
Your plant should be gangbusters going into it's third year!

The Peach Blend has Bahamian Goat (Trippa), Peach 'Arkansas' Reaper (Sawyer), and PI441598 cross (from GaGrowhead).

The Chocolate Blend has some Choco Bhut Jolokia & 7 Pot Barrakapore (both GaGrowhead), Douglah (Alphanerdz from Stickman), and some Choco Habanero (Refining Fire).

The 7 Pot Yellow Blend has 7 Pot Yellow (Trippa), 7 Pot Jonah GaGRowhead), and Bonda Ma Jacques x Yellow 7 Pot (Windchicken).

Glad you liked what you have tried so far, Paul.

Thats quite a few types in each. They work really well together.

WalkGood · Dec 6, 2014

Paul, I made a killer rub with some of the MoA powder you sent, thanks again ... I'll be half'in da powders so Steve can try some ...

PaulS · Dec 8, 2014

WalkGood said:
Paul, I made a killer rub with some of the MoA powder you sent, thanks again ... I'll be half'in da powders so Steve can try some ...

I had something simular last night with one of Pauls powders, minus the greenery, nice and firey

PaulG · Dec 8, 2014

All right, Paul! Glad you put them to good use!

@Ramon - Good on ya for sending some along to Steve!

Trippa · Dec 9, 2014

Paul my friend just received your more then generous gift in the mail today ... As soon as I opened the envelope I could smell the great aroma ... I didn't get the mail until after our storms had passed so didn't try any tonight. Will be giving them a good crank tomorrow though! Much appreciated bro!

Roguejim · Dec 9, 2014

PaulG said:
I had my best manzano success with an OW plant 2013 season.
Set lots of pods and looking very healthy until i killed it.
Your plant should be gangbusters going into it's third year!

The Peach Blend has Bahamian Goat (Trippa), Peach 'Arkansas' Reaper (Sawyer), and PI441598 cross (from GaGrowhead).

The Chocolate Blend has some Choco Bhut Jolokia & 7 Pot Barrakapore (both GaGrowhead), Douglah (Alphanerdz from Stickman), and some Choco Habanero (Refining Fire).

The 7 Pot Yellow Blend has 7 Pot Yellow (Trippa), 7 Pot Jonah GaGRowhead), and Bonda Ma Jacques x Yellow 7 Pot (Windchicken).

Glad you liked what you have tried so far, Paul.

Okay, Paul. You've inspired me to germinate some rocoto seeds in about a week, and see what I can do at the southern end of the State. I just have to pick a good spot here once it goes outdoors. Partial shade, huh? Not good...

PaulG · Dec 10, 2014

Roguejim said:
Okay, Paul. You've inspired me to germinate some rocoto seeds in about a week, and see what I can do at the southern end of the State. I just have to pick a good spot here once it goes outdoors. Partial shade, huh? Not good...

You could make some shade cloth out of burlap material.
Or use cheesecloth like Shane.

Trippa said:
Paul my friend just received your more then generous gift in the mail today ... As soon as I opened the envelope I could smell the great aroma ... I didn't get the mail until after our storms had passed so didn't try any tonight. Will be giving them a good crank tomorrow though! Much appreciated bro!

Glad they arrived safely, Tristen. We've had pretty good luck with the international mail, eh?

I hope you enjoyed them! I had some of your F1 powder on a pork chop tonight - wow!

PaulG · Dec 10, 2014

I received an awesome powder package from BPWilly a few days ago. They are very nicely
textured; fine and fluffy. I've been busy grinding and tasting my own stuff as well, so haven't had
a go at these, yet. I can tell by the aromas they are going to be killer. Thanks a million, Bill, very
generous of you, buddy:

Fixed up a couple of sets of powders for my neighbor. He found these great racks and shakers
for $15+ on line. Twelve varieties in each rack, 1/2 oz. per shaker:

What do you think a rack of these would be worth if it were a product? The rack would hold 6 ounces of powder in all.